Granny Square Tank Top & Happily Hooked Magazine Issue #40

August 5, 2017

Photo Courtesy of Happily Hooked Magazine.

Yay! This is the eighth post of the year for the 2017 GrannySpiration Challenge! I am so excited to see what everyone has been working on, especially you! At the end of this post, you will find the information for this month’s giveaway, and link up.This month, I am sharing with you my latest published design that can be found in Issue 40 of Happily Hooked Magazine – my Granny Square Tank! When I first saw the call for Lightweight designs, I knew I wanted to work up a top. I kind of still have an idea of a blouse based off this design, but when I was putting it together, it seemed to be a better fit for lightweight and lacy. Working with a yarn such as Modern Cotton DK, is an even better option for hot weather. I plan on ordering some to try out another tank more suitable for Florida.Being that the tank top is made from a back and a front sewn together, it has more give than a top worked in the round. I designed this top one inch smaller in both pieces to finish with the 2″ of negative ease noted, but there is more that can be given to make a more fitted top. By omitting one more round from each square, you can achieve this.

Must be 18 or older to enter. Open to all countries. Void where prohibited. Winner has 48 hours to respond to email notification, or another winner will be chosen. Myself, Alexandra of EyeLoveKnots, is responsible for prize fulfillment.

We only had one link up, other than our co-hosts. You’ll see it above, and find it here:Scrap Granny Square Ottoman Cover – Crochet Inspiration from Ghemuletul Incalcit.

Now, Share Your Granny-Spiration Project With Us!

New Granny-Spiration Projects will be shared from your hosts the first Saturday of each month. Post times will vary. You will be able to link up from 12:00am EST on the first Saturday of the month, through midnight EST on the second Thursday from the start date – specific dates are on top of the Rafflecopter form – giving you almost two weeks to link up and enter the giveaway!Please share projects that are family friendly, and GRANNY INSPIRED through use of regular granny square or solid granny square, granny stitch pattern or other afghan square in the form of a free pattern, pattern review, or inspiration piece. Not limited to crochet or knit.Please make sure to link to your post, and not your home page. *If you don’t have a blog, you can still share with us by creating a Free Flickr Account – powered by Yahoo. Add your projects there, and then come back here with the link for the project.*Link ups cannot be to Etsy listings or Ravelry pages where patterns are sold. You can link to blog posts, Flickr or Facebook pages, Pins, etc that are directed towards it, but can’t directly link to it. To be clearer though, Raverly pages of finished projects are okay to share. Sorry for the inconvenience! That’s per InLinkz guidelines. Thanks!

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Bookmarks sound like fun! I have a few ideas for trying my hand at some, but I avoid blocking at all costs, and I feel like with thread, I have no choice but to block a bookmark. What do you think about fabric stiffener?

Lovely top! The green is a good colour to combine! Like you say, you can adjust it to fit more tight or not. Perfect! ps: Hope this month's challenge will be a great succes. I'm still sharing, liking, pinning and commenting the challenge <3

One of the awesome things about crochet is that by simply changing the number of rows, or hook size, we can change the size to exactly what we want. I like the oversized tops, but I also like more fitted tops. All about how you style it, and I guess, what your preference is.

Thank you so much! It is an honor, and so fun to come up with designs to fit the proposed themes. I wanted this top to be really easy to make, so even beginners could work it up, and wear it out. I am so happy with how it turned out!

Hi there! I'm Alexandra, and Welcome to EyeLoveKnots! My passion is crafting with a huge love for crochet & plastic canvas crafts (oh, & baking!). My list could go on for miles though. I am also a cat mom to two, and big time coffee lover.

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